Supracondylar femoral flexion osteotomy for genu recurvatum after poliomyelitis, a modified technique

Twenty-one patients with genu recurvatum had femoral flexion osteotomy. Patients were divided into 2 group; the first group included patients below 12 years old, while the second group included those above 12 years. Thirteen patients of the first group had two stage supracondylar femoral flexion osteotomy. The second group were adult patients with severe deformity with one stage supracondylar osteotomy and fixation using ilizarov external fixation. The deformity was corrected by callus distraction technique [Imm/day] after two weeks of compression. After a mean follow up of 38 month, both groups had good to excellent function outcome with improvement of the gait and discard orthosis. All patients were satisfied with no recurrence